What Type of Sunfish Is It?

  • liljac
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 169
    May 20, 2009 at 7:52 pm #1311824

    Hey Everyone, I pulled in an amazing Sunfish today but I am having trouble identifying exactly what it is. Let me know what you think.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 20, 2009 at 7:57 pm #778429

    Green,

    Honestly I don’t know, but I had to be the first to say it…

    chappy
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 4854
    May 20, 2009 at 8:05 pm #778435

    Judging by the Gill Plate….Red Ear……

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    May 20, 2009 at 8:07 pm #778436

    It looks like a Blue Gill to me… the colors vary a lot…looks like a Shellcracker (southern Bluegill)…. They get darker purple along the back as big Bulls like yours…here is a pic

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    May 20, 2009 at 8:09 pm #778437

    I’m with Nick, Either Green Or Muley!

    Whgat do you think Big G?????

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22538
    May 20, 2009 at 8:10 pm #778438

    It looks like it is missing its ear… but I say a longear pumpkinseed.

    big G

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    May 20, 2009 at 8:11 pm #778440

    I brought up the colors a tad to see better…also could be a Sunny/Gill hybrid…

    Hunting4Walleyes
    MN
    Posts: 1552
    May 20, 2009 at 8:12 pm #778441

    I was also thinking Pumpkinseed. If it is it is real close to the record!

    Jason Sullivan
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 1383
    May 20, 2009 at 8:15 pm #778442

    Chad, nice first post!

    I would guess it’s a hybrid.

    I wish I could see it’s dorsal fin better.

    Sully

    liljac
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 169
    May 20, 2009 at 8:21 pm #778447

    Thanks for your help everyone, I was really curious because it was close to a state record in some areas. The fish ended up at 1lb 3oz and 10 inches in length.

    chappy
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 4854
    May 20, 2009 at 8:55 pm #778453

    Scales look way different than yours though.

    oldrat
    Upper Midwest
    Posts: 1531
    May 20, 2009 at 8:55 pm #778454

    it looks like a pumpkin seed to me.. and I would drive to the nearest DNR office for a possible state record.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    May 20, 2009 at 8:56 pm #778455

    Obviously don’t say exactly where but did you catch this fish in the metro?

    Also I did neglect to say nice fish and welcome to IDO in my first post.

    up man
    UP MICHIGAN
    Posts: 305
    May 20, 2009 at 9:01 pm #778456

    We always catch them every once in a while and i always thought they were a Pumpkinseed. Thats what i would say.

    liljac
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 169
    May 20, 2009 at 9:21 pm #778457

    Yes I did catch the fish in the Metro, South Metro to be more specific

    walleyeben
    Albertville,MN
    Posts: 963
    May 20, 2009 at 10:42 pm #778474

    I was always told that the ones that have the neon blue lines on there gills and face were pumpkin seeds, now I want to know!

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    May 21, 2009 at 3:06 am #778513

    Got to toss in my quess. I’ve seen plenty of these and I thought they were a pumkinseed bluegill cross. But interested in what it turns out to be.

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    May 21, 2009 at 11:35 am #778545

    Thats a cool looking sunfish

    Jake_A
    Posts: 569
    May 21, 2009 at 2:24 pm #778602

    Definitley a green sunfish-pumpkinseed cross. We catch them in deer lake in western wisconsin all the time. It gets the dark green color from the green sunfish and the weird blue stripes on the gill from a pumpkinseed. Nice fish!!!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    May 21, 2009 at 2:38 pm #778607

    Beauty fish and welcome!!!

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